On Friday evening of the 3rd of May a panel-discussion was planned with two respected guest-speakers from the Muslim community, Imam Ismail Abou Soumayyah and Kamal Aboe Zaid, member of Hizb ut Tahrir. But as far as VVD, CDA and Leefbaar Rotterdam concerns this panel discussion in which wisdoms from the sayings of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) would be discussed, should be stopped.

The AIVD (intelligence service) warns in their annual report for “radical Islamic preachers” and their influence on Muslim children who follow Arabic lessons or Quran studies. According to Dick Schoof, director-general of the AIVD.

 De Telegraaf went big yesterday with news about “extremist literature” being available in the Vught prison. The Muslim detainees would be “radicalizing” instead of “de-radicalizing”. The CDA and PVV jumped right on and called for the removal of these books. Jelle van Buuren, terrorism-researcher at the Leiden University, argued for the censorship of Islamic literature by comparing it to all sorts of “Nazi books”

According to a survey by ‘de Volkskrant’, conducted in 25 municipalities in The Netherlands, at least 160 Muslims are monitored through the so-called person-oriented approach “preventing radicalization and extremism” (PGA). The PGA approach has been used since 2015 by police and intelligence, as well as partners such as municipalities and health organizations, who are monitoring Muslims through probation service, youth care and youth workers.